Shank MARTINSBURG -- Managing partner Thomas A. Heywood has announced that Julie R. Shank has joined the law firm of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP as an associate in the firm's Martinsburg office.

Welcome to my new column. The focus of this column will be to discuss financial and business concepts that may be of assistance to the readers of The West Virginia Record. However, I wanted to begin with some positive thoughts about our nation's economic future.

CHARLESTON – The husband of a woman who was killed in a car crash in Jefferson when a Logan County man hit her station wagon head-on is suing the man's estate and the owner of the car he allegedly stole.

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has upheld a Kanawha County judge's decision to excuse three individuals and an oil and gas company from a lawsuit over a boy's death while riding an all terrain vehicle.

Lane CHARLESTON -– Though it's not likely to pass this regular session, a piece of legislation introduced in the House of Delegates lays out the basic parameters of an intermediate appellate court system for the state.